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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zach Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch Pitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pitch has chosen Green Day Brain Stew as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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275 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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250 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zach Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mitch Pitch!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan checks a leg kick nicely.
Pitch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pitch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morgan is able to avoid easily.
Pitch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morgan.
Pitch throws a leg kick that misses.
Morgan lands a big shot that drops Pitch! Can he finish him?
It looks like Mitch Pitch has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morgan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pitch circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Pitch is just out of range.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan looks for a takedown but Pitch sprawls well.
Good work by Morgan as he checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Pitch misses.
Pitch tries to work over Morgan's front leg with a kick but Morgan checks it.
Mitch Pitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitch tries to work over Morgan's front leg with a kick but Morgan checks it.
Pitch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morgan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pitch circles away.
Pitch tries to work over Morgan's front leg with a kick but Morgan checks it.
Pitch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pitch finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitch wants to land a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Pitch avoids it well.
Pitch tries to score with a low kick but Morgan moves his leg out of the way.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Pitch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morgan is out of range and Pitch settles back down.
Pitch wants to land a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Pitch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pitch throws a leg kick but Morgan moved away.
Nice takedown defense from Pitch. No joy for Morgan on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zach Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pitch tries to score with a low kick but Morgan moves his leg out of the way.
Morgan blocks a leg kick.
Pitch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Pitch connects with a solid leg kick.
Pitch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Morgan.
Pitch throws a leg kick that misses.
Morgan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pitch throws a leg kick but Morgan moved away.
Mitch Pitch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pitch lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morgan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morgan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morgan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pitch motions for Morgan to come forward. Pitch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Morgan blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pitch throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pitch shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick from Pitch misses.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Pitch.
Morgan blocks a leg kick.
Pitch throws a front kick aimed at Morgan's knee but Morgan avoids it well.
Morgan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pitch attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pitch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Morgan as he checks the leg kick.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan checks a low kick from Pitch.
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Pitch tried to score with a low kick but Morgan checks it.
Pitch tried to score with a low kick but Morgan checks it.
Pitch attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pitch avoids the head kick by Morgan.
Pitch misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pitch circles away quickly and effectively.
Pitch is looking to score with low kicks.
Pitch throws a low kick, looking for Morgan's leg but Morgan calmly moves out of range.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Pitch.
Morgan checks a low kick from Pitch.
Morgan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pitch checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morgan blocks a leg kick.
Morgan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pitch throws a leg kick but Morgan checks it.
Morgan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Morgan checks a leg kick nicely.
Pitch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pitch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morgan is out of range and Pitch settles back down.
Pitch wants to slow Morgan down by chopping away at his legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pitch, right into the meat.
A leg kick checked by Morgan.
Pitch fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Pitch wants to land a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Pitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pitch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morgan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitch misses with a low kick.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick from Pitch misses.
Pitch slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Pitch slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
Morgan tries to bum rush Pitch with a series of wild strikes but Pitch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pitch throws a leg kick that misses.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Morgan checks the leg kick.
Pitch lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pitch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pitch fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Pitch misses with a low kick.
Morgan checks a low kick from Pitch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan digs a good hook to Pitch's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pitch fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morgan is out of range.
Morgan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pitch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morgan is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zach Morgan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitch Pitch's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
An inside leg kick lands from Pitch.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Good work by Morgan as he checks the leg kick.
Pitch misses with a low kick.
A jab-cross combination lands for Morgan and sends Pitch crashing to the mat! Morgan follows him down to the mat - Pitch regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Pitch is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throwing shots but Pitch is blocking nicely.
Pitch is still in real trouble! Can Morgan finish him?
Pitch tries to kick Morgan off but Morgan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pitch seems to have recovered his senses.
Morgan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pitch defends it well.
Pitch has one foot on Morgan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Zach Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pitch. Pitch obviously looking to wear him down.
Some wild striking there from Morgan.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Pitch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan blocks a leg kick.
Good work by Morgan as he checks the leg kick.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Pitch moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitch motions for Morgan to come forward. Pitch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pitch pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morgan is out of range and Pitch settles back down.
Pitch tries to score with a low kick but Morgan moves his leg out of the way.
Pitch finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pitch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morgan checks it well.
Pitch finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Morgan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That has opened up Mitch Pitch's cut even more.
Good work by Morgan as he checks the leg kick.
Pitch is looking to score with low kicks.
Morgan checks a leg kick nicely.
Pitch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morgan checks it well.
Morgan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pitch misses with a low kick.
Pitch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pitch is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pitch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morgan is looking to wear down Pitch with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pitch throws a low kick but Morgan avoids it.
Pitch throws a low kick, looking for Morgan's leg but Morgan calmly moves out of range.
Morgan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pitch can do to turn this around?
Morgan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pitch circles away quickly and effectively.
An inside leg kick from Pitch misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pitch in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Morgan connects with a single shot there.
The cut above Mitch Pitch's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Pitch is looking to score with low kicks.
Pitch looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pitch gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pitch tries a low kick but Morgan avoids it.
Morgan tries to bum rush Pitch with a series of wild strikes but Pitch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pitch misses with a leg kick
and Morgan counters with a left to the body.
Morgan blocks a leg kick.
Morgan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pitch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morgan fails with a takedown attempt.
Morgan checks a low kick from Pitch.
Pitch misses with a low kick as Morgan jumps back.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Morgan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pitch throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Pitch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morgan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pitch misses with a low kick.
Pitch throws out a leg kick but Morgan moves out of range and Pitch only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morgan checks a leg kick.
Morgan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pitch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morgan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Pitch.
Morgan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pitch throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pitch throws a leg kick that misses.
Zach Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pitch tries to land a leg kick but Morgan saw it coming and moves away.
Pitch slaps away a takedown attempt from Morgan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morgan moves out of range of the leg kick from Pitch.
Pitch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pitch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pitch scoring well with a low kick there.
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Pitch with an uppercut!
Mitch Pitch's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Morgan blocks the leg kick.
Pitch throws a leg kick but Morgan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pitch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pitch does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A punch combination from Morgan misses.
Morgan checks a leg kick.
Pitch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morgan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pitch throws a low kick, looking for Morgan's leg but Morgan calmly moves out of range.
Morgan drops Pitch with a right and a left! Morgan comes rushing in but Pitch regains his composure and manages to keep Morgan in guard.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mitch Pitch's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Zach Morgan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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